Refrigerating apparatus



Ma 2, 1939. 4, M, STAGGS 62,156,668

' REFRIGERATTNG APPARATUS Filed Oct. 2. 1937 grwamm Jinan-1 Patented May 2, 1 939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,1565668 nEFnIGEaA'nNG APPARATUS 'James M. Stag: Tulsa, Okla Application October 2, 1932, Serial No. l6'l,048

2 Claims.

This invention relates to refrigerating devices and more particularly to an improved cabinet for use in cooling different articles of food or drink.

An object of this invention is to provide a refrigerator embodying a conventional cooling means which is of such a construction that ice may be readily frozen in one compartment and in this one compartment drinking water connected to a suitable supply source may be also cooled so that a substantially unlimited quantity of cooled water may be obtained from efrigerator. I

Another object of this invention is to provide in a refrigerator of this character means whereby bottled goods may be maintained in a cooled condition in a suitable compartment provided for that purpose, this compartment being separate from the balance of the refrigerator but cooled by the single refrigerating system.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,;

the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a detailed frontelevation partly in vertical section of a refrigerator constructed according to an embodiment of this invention;

Figure 2 is an enlargedsectional view partly in detail taken on the line 2--2 of Figure 1;

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I0 designates generally a cabinet comprising an upper cabinet portionl I and a lower cabinet portion I2. The lower cabinet portion I2 is provided with a bottom wall I3 spaced upwardly from the lower end thereof so as to provide a compartment I4 therebelow within which the refrigerating mechanism is adapted to be positioned. The refrigefati'ng mechanism positioned in the compartment I4 may be of any conventional type and a connected to the pipe I! andextend aboutr the ower compartment I2 so that this lower compart ent- I2 willvbe cooled to the desired degree The end'l9 of the coil I8 is connected to the member I6 and extends downwardly into the'- lower chamber I2. A plurality of coils I8 are mechanism disposed in the bottom compartment Il.

A water cooling coil engages about the freez-' ing member I6 and one end 2| of the coil 20 is adapted to be connected to a water source while I the other end 22 of the coil 20 extendsforwardly through the front wall 23 of the upper member II. A faucet 2 is connected to the outlet pipe 22 and provides a means whereby cooled water may be drawn from the coil 20 without 10 opening the doors 25 mounted on the front wall 23 .of the upper compartment .or cabinet member II. c

The lower cabinet member I2 is relatively wider or deeper than the upper cabinet member II so as to provide a stepped portion'forwardly of the front wall 23 of the upper member I I. A pair of horizontally sliding doors 26 and 21 are adapted to close the upper part of the forwardly projecting portion of the lower cabinet member I2; and these doors 26 and 21 are slidably mounted on guide members 28 and 29 respectively. The doors 26 and 21 are provided adjacent their outer ends' with handles 30 or the like to facilitate movement of these doors to an opened or closed position.

The cabinet I0 is adapted to'be constructed of heat insulating material and may beconstructed of inner and outer wall members provided with an insulating material disposed therebetween. By providing acabinet of this structure with communicating upper "and lower chambers ice may be produced in either one of these'chambers, de-

pending upon where the ice chamber I6 is positioned, and food or the like is adapted t@ be disposed in the interior of the upper compartment II; there being provided-the usual shelves (not shown) for supporting the food or receptacles in which the food is placed. The lower compart- 40 ment I2 is adapted to have bottles or like articles placed therein which are adapted to rest on the inner bottom I3 on the inside of the chamber formed by the cooling coil I8.

The upper compartment or cooling member I I is 4 adapted to have one or more doors 25 hingedly secured thereto, and where a pair of doors 25 are provided for the" uppe rfcooling member II the outlet pipe 22 may be extended through the space between the adjacent edges of the two doors.

The refrigerator'herein disclosed is designed particularly for restaurants or the like so that a single cooling means may be provided for the purpose of cooling articles of food in what is known as dry cold storage", providing cooled water for drinking purposes, producing ice, and

also providing a relatively large space wherein and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A refrigerator comprising a cabinet including a substantially L-shaped chamber, the lower portion of said chamber having a depth greater than the depth of the upper portion thereof and projecting forwardly therefrom, a freezing member in said upper chamber portion, a coil disposed about said freezing member and connected at one end to a source of liquid supply, the opposite end of said coil extending through a forward wall of said upper chamber portion, a faucet on said opposite end of said coil, a cooling coil insaid lower chamber portion, a pair of horizontally slidable doors in the upper wall of said lower chamber portion forwardly of the forward wall of said upper chamber portion, and means slidably supporting said doors.

2. A refrigerator comprising a cabinet including a substantially L-shaped chamber, the lower portion of said chamber having a depth greater than the depth of the upper portion thereof and projecting forwardly therefrom, a freezing member in the upper chamber portion, a coil disposed about said freezing member and connected at one end to a source of liquid supply, the opposite end of said coil extending thru-a forward wall of said upper chamber portion, a faucet on said opposite end of said coil exteriorly of said upper chamber portion, a cooling coil in said lower chamber portion, means in the upper wall of said lower chamber portion forwardly of the forward wall of said upper chamber portion for controlling access to the interior of the lower chamber portion, and

means in the front wall of the upper chamber 

